Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-08-05
INTRODUCTION.

x a- whom l was so
= MPP1r.o.qed;;, and p1o,1 my
e is hard when one has but one son to lose
Vim thus; but Gods will be done. Who
am / to complain, The great wheel Of fate
rolls on like a JuggcrnaCt, and brushes us
all in turn, some soon, some late-it does
not matter when; in the end ii brushes MS
all We do not PROSTATE ourselves before
its wheel like the poor Indians; we fly
hither and thitheT-wc cry for mercy; but
Il is of no use; the blind, black Fate thun-
cers on ana reduces us to powder,
Poor Harry, to go 50 soon! just when
his life was opening 10 him. He was doing
well at the hospital, he had passed his last
examination with hOnors; and / was proud
Of them much broader than he was,
think Aud then he must needs 80 10 the
small pox hospital lie wrote to me he
was not afraid of SMALL ox and wanted TO
gain the experience; and now the disease
has killed him, and J. old and gray and
withcred, am left to mourn over him,
without chick or child to comfort me. |
might have saved him tD-I have money
enough for both of us and much more
than enough King Solomon's Mines pro
vidcd me with that: but ! said no; let the
my VII ii HIS Nlll itL nm AsRtpt iAAb Al|
may enjoy rest But the rest has come
to him before the labor Oh, my boy, my
boy
II am like the man in the Bible who
laid up much goods and buildcd barns
goods for my bog and barns for him to
store them in; aud now his sDul has been
required Of him, and am left dcsoiatc. !
would that + had been my soul and not my
boys
we buried him this afternoon, under
the shadow Of the gray and ancient tower
Of the church Of this village where my
house is. 1t was u drcary December al
ternogn, and the sky WIS heavy with
SNOW, but not much WAS falling. Tho
coffin was put down by the grave, and a
few big fakes liz upon it.. They looked 50
white upon the black cloth There was u
little hitch about getting the collin into
the grave the necessary ropes had been
forgotten SO we drew back from it, and
waited in silence, watching tho big flakes
fal! gently one by one like heavenly bcnc-
dictions, aud melt in tears on ITarry's pail.
But That was not all A robinrcdbreast
came as boldly IA could be and lit upon
the coffin and began to sing And then !
am afraid broke down, and SO did Sir
Henry Curtis, strong man IS he is; and rs
for Captain Good saw him turn away
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Nh nat,,.tn., !, J,
The above. sigucd ALLAN Quart armain, -
IL nm extract from my diary written two
years and more AGO. | copy it down here
because it seems to me that it is the fittest
beginning to tho history | am about 10
write If it please God to spare me to finish
It, II not we'll II does not matter. That
extract was pcunrd seven thousand miles
or 80 from the spot where now lie pain
fully and slowly writing this. with pref
~ girl standing by my side tanning the
flies from my august Cuuutcnancc Harry
IS there and am here; and vet. somehow,
| cannot help feeling TINT | am not far
from Harry.
NH,l WIS i'm Fu..lnuI lf~ad to live in
avery t.-.. h1,rs,,. u. l,qsi call il a fine
house, srg.tains comparatively, and jud Z.
Ing from Che. ganGlr,I of the houses have
been arrusto.tnl To all my life in Africa
not five hundred wards from the old church
where Harry j., nsIrpn. and thithcr | went
after the funeral and ate some food; Cor it
Is no good starving. even if ono has lust
hurled MI ones earthly homes INT Ico1Id
NOT eat much md soon I fool, IN walking
or. rather Iirping-brino permanently
lame from the bite II a Iion-np and down.
IN and down In, nok poprlri yrstihule.
further "a yr.tiI,I,. r., nv, bo,,sn II, Irr,,,-
land mn III, f,,,r v.,IIs ~ ,ho yosti-
hnlc ,era ,lur.d miro ~ horns ,hout n
hundred mira oItn,,,tI,or o,,,.,, ON, ~
which | had shot myself They are beau
tiful specimens, as never keep any horns
that are. not in every way pcrCect. unless it
may be now a-pl again ON account of the
associations connected with them. In the
center * the room. however. over the wide
fire placc. thrr, i, y clear space left on
which had f,ci nm. ,II nv rif,s Gnmo
of tbem have b,L far fnrty vn,rs old
mulzIe loagrrs thot nobodv world IonI, Mt
NOWADAYS ono uos nm aIenhont rrr
with strips of rinDi. or green hide lnshcd
round The stocks and locks. such usrd to
housed Ia,. IN, Dufrhmrn-o ..roer" thcv
called il That ,y,tn thc R,or 7 hnu,rbt il
from, .,,,,,.,.,,r. t,I,l ,,,, ia I,,or
usol NV MS f,thc,. NJ no L,ttin ~ ,ha
blood River inst o,lrr nin,-,,n evcnt into
Maitland sInr,htar,L .iv bund.,d men
women ana rhiIIr,n ca tbot tbc p,,rs
pamrd tbe pl,re ,vhorn tbev djsd oV-,n-
nan or "thc pInrc nf vsrnip,,." and ca II
ia rallai "a tris do,, ,rd nr,.oys viii IN,
ooIrI Ana MIMI, NJ, oI,rb,rt h,,o I
shnt with tb,t nII INV, Sba aIr.,rs tool,
n handful ar hr,,cL ,,,,r,Inr ,na n tlr,o
ounce raiIand Licr,,t No IN, xa,-y Le,,c,
wei up "Uu "'N " "'lNSt' Sla'i"S "V
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